![]() ![]() Underneath that, you can choose the number of semitones you want to change by (an octave is 8 tones, and it moves by half-tones, so if you want to go up an octave, set this number to 16. I don’t know much about music, but I’ll try my best to explain the options.Īt the top, you can choose to change pitch by note (change an A to a C, for instance), and also choose whether you want to go to the next note up or down. There are a bunch of ways you can achieve changing the pitch – each of the sections changes the other sections, so if you choose to use one of them, you can see the changes Audacity is making in the other sections. Now that you have the song selected, go to the bar at the top and choose “Effect”, followed by “Change Pitch”. The background of the waveform should become darker when it is selected (the top waveform in the picture below is selected, and the bottom is not.) Note: Some MP3’s, like the one I dragged in, look like they have two waveforms – this is because the song is in stereo, and both waveforms are selected simultaneously anyway, so don’t worry about it. Alternatively, if you only want to change the pitch of part of the song, click and drag across the waveform to select only part of it. Now for the fun part! Click on the waveform so that a cursor appears on it, and then on your keyboard hold the CTRL button and then hit the A key to (CTRL + A is “select all”) to select the entire song. It will then show you a waveform of the song. With Audacity open, drag a music file from a folder or from your desktop into the Audacity window. Then click “Install”, then check “Finish” and let Audacity launch. Run through the installation for Audacity, it’s fairly standard – accept the license agreement, install it in the default location, leave both boxes checked under “Select Additional Tasks”. I’ll go over what to do with the encoder file once we’ve finished our song and are ready to export it. In addition to this, you should also go to the “Optional Downloads” section and download the “LAME MP3 encoder”, which will allow you to export what you make in Audacity to MP3 files. Go to /download/ (or just Google “Audacity Download” and click on the first link).Īfter clicking on the correct operating system, you will see a “Recommended Download” section at the top, which should provide for you an installer. Step 1 – Download AudacityĪudacity is a free program with dozens of effects and hundreds of plug-ins that allow you to do all kinds of cool things with music. This is a guide on how to do just that, starting from software installation and ending with a finished song. I’m not a music person, but I’ve been asked many times to change the pitch of a song because it does not match or harmonize with the key of the voice of someone trying to sing along. ![]()
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